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| File Reference |
MSP34REF314
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| Name |
Michael McNamara |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Garda Síochána, Sligo
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| County |
Sligo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Garda Síochána, Swinford
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Garda Síochána, Ballymogany, Ballina
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Beltra, Newport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
2 Belton Park Road, Donnycarney, Dublin 9
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1902-05-04
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| Notes |
Date of death not recorded on file
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34SP278
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Company |
C Company (Newmarket-on-Fergus)
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| Brigade |
East Clare Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Sean Murnane
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| Other Service Numbers |
1587 (Garda Síochána service number)
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
No |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF314 Michael McNamara.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP278 Michael McNamara.pdf |
| File dates |
20 October 1934 - 15 December 1970
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Michael McNamara’s unsuccessful application for a military service pension. File also relates to subject's receipt of a Service (1917-1921) Medal in August 1945.
Applicant claimed membership of the Irish Volunteers and the IRA from 1917 until December 1921.
Michael McNamara states that he was employed as an assistant in the Post Office, Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare. He claims that the postmistress had “an advanced imperialistic outlook and was on very good terms with the RIC and Military. She was the daughter of an RIC man and had three brothers in that force”.
Before the outbreak of the War of Independence, the applicant states he was a member of the [Irish] Volunteer party which was fired on by the RIC at Castlefergus, County Clare during which J. Ryan (DP6855) was killed and M. Liddy (1D357), M. Murray and P. O’Neill were wounded.
Attached to C Company (Newmarket-on-Fergus), 1 Battalion, East Clare Brigade, IRA, it is stated that the applicant acted as an Intelligence Officer and took part in general IRA activity during the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921); intercepted police letters and cipher-telegrams and passed them onto Florence O’Neill (local Intelligence Officer); furnished names and addresses of the RIC and British Military in Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare; intercepted letters from Mrs. Bridget Naughton of Clenagh, Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare addressed to the RIC in Limerick which detailed IRA movements in the locality and cut wires between Ballyea, County Clare and Limerick on several occasions with Captain Patrick Liddy.
In 1920, Michael McNamara claims that he was taken to the RIC police station and questioned about his links to the IRA by Sergeant Harrison after a suspected spy John Reilly was executed in the area. In another incident, the applicant states that he was taken to an empty room over the local dispensary by RIC Sergeant Garvey, two ‘Black and Tans’ (RIC) and three “strangers” in civilian clothing. He claims that he was questioned about local members of the IRA, was beaten with revolvers and forced to jump from the window on to the street – a distance of 22 feet – “escaping without injury”. In a further incident, Michael McNamara claims that he was taken to a field near the village by five British Army soldiers who put hand grenades in his pockets and threatened to “blow him to pieces” if he didn’t tell them the whereabouts of Michael Brennan (24SP9375). After they received no information, the applicant states that he was beaten and released.
The applicant took no part in the Civil War (June 1922 – May 1923).
Michael McNamara joined An Garda Síochána on 9 June 1922, re-joined on 7 October 1926 (?) and retired on 9 February 1954.
File includes hand-written statements regarding subject's service from Michael Murray (1942); Sean MacNamara (1945; 1969); Sean Murnane (1941; 1969) and Michael Doherty (1969).
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